You will only be able to get the source code if the developer opens it up.

Just because the platform is open source does not mean that every
application developed becomes open source.  There is a ton of reference
material on the internet, google is your friend.

Mike

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:22 PM, mblove <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> hi, All
>
> I am a new beginner who want to join the Android's app developments,
> but i am not very clear about the open source policy involved in
> Android development. I know that the Android SDK is open source, but i
> am confused about why there is also existing a android "App Market"
> which can provide developers a chance to charge payments from users.
>
> Does it mean that the Android "App product sharing" is just only share
> binary code but not the source code?
> So if i want to do some development by leveraging other developer's
> code sharing in their Apps, where can i search it and how could i
> download the source code of them, such as the apps list in the below
> page:
>
> http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/11/behind-apps-amazon-and-imeem.html#links
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Shawn
>
> >
>

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